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Re: October 31st - Picture of the Day
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Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:49:52 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, John P. Henderson writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Johannes Koehler writes:
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> > > Didn't completely follow the thing
> > > about Dr Martin Luther, probably my fault though.
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> Just read this thread again. Not trying to nit-pick, but I think you may be
> mixing up your historical figures. The Martin Luther you rendered in Lego
> was (I believe) just Martin Luther, not a Doctor. The "Dr." probably seems
> to precede that name in your mind because your are thinking of Dr. Martin
> Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader during the 1960s who shared a
> couple names with the Church reformer of centuries earlier...
It is possible that the Doctor title comes from the theology degree Martin
Luther had, as a monk. He was a scholar, if I am not mistaken? And back
then, all Church scholars were referred to as "Doctors of the Church".
BTW, MLK was a doctor of law, medicine, or other? Just curious,
Pedro
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| (...) According to Jojo (see previous postings in this thread), you are correct. (...) A quick search online reveals that MLK received a doctorate in systematic theology in 1955 from Boston University. -H. (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Just read this thread again. Not trying to nit-pick, but I think you may be mixing up your historical figures. The Martin Luther you rendered in Lego was (I believe) just Martin Luther, not a Doctor. The "Dr." probably seems to precede that (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.castle)
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